Last week’s flash fiction challenge was easily the most visited challenge I’ve ever run — also with the most participation. That’s bad-ass, and it’s amazing to see such energy and talent on display. Pat yourselves on the back. Eat some ice cream. MAKE OUT WITH YOURSELF IN A MIRROR.

Or something.

Anyway, this week, we’re back with another randomized challenge —

And, this week, I’m letting you have 2000 words instead of 1000.

The way forward is simple: pick (randomly or by hand) one element from each column below (Who, Where, Uh-oh) and smoosh those three together to concoct a single story. For bonus points, you can actually randomize the Who column twice — either to make a combination protagonist (PSYCHIC CELEBRITY! ASSASSIN ACCOUNTANT!) or to choose a second character to go into your tale, either as a supporting character or as an antagonist.

I did the ultimate randomization of choice by allowing one of my teenagers to pick my Who/Where/UhOh for me! This got me An Accountant, in a Mad Botanist’s Greenhouse, Beseiged by Supernatural Enemies. The result was…

I honest-to-goobers got Psychic Celebrity. That, and Casino, and Something Precious, Stolen. It’s not what I would have picked on my own, and that’s why I’m going to use the bits as rolled. Hmmm. If it’s not stupid deathly hot when I get home, I’ll start the draft.

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Random numbers: 7, 10, 10: an accountant in a casino, besieged by supernatural opponents.
Result: Show-Down at Shadow Lake
This was a fun challenge, even though I found it hard to reach the 2,000.
Enjoy

“The river sucks at the rotten pier supports; the greasy slap slurp noise makes my stomach roll. Another Friday night, another case that ends with a sock in the mouth. When they handed me the P.I. license they shoulda knocked my teeth out with a wrench at the same time and have done with it. My laugh sounds hollow as the darkness takes me.”

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I ended up with a detective, mad-botanist’s greenhouse and an unsolved murder (used a d10 and still managed get detective and unsolved murder in the same lot, what’re the chances… it’s rhetorical). Anyhow, here it is;

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